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We had a similar thread a looooong time ago, which was a really interesting read. So I figured it wouldn't hurt asking again: What are your unpopular Trek opinions? In other words, opinions about the various series and movies not shared by the majority of Star Trek fans.

Here are some of mine:

I loved Pulaski and wish she would have stayed on The Next Generation I like Enterprise's second season Neelix — when employed in a decent storyline (Rise, Fair Trade, Mortal Coil) — was a rather likeable character I like Star Trek V and don't think Sybok was a bad character at all I consider The Animated Series a part of the official Star Trek continuityThe Way to Eden is one of my all-time favorite episodes of Star Trek; I love the songs! I like TNG's Sub Rosa. And The Dauphin. And a hell of a lot more episodes from TNG's abhorrent first and second season I like the theme song from Enterprise

So, what are yours? Come on, I know you have them, too. You'll feel better afterwards!

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1. Picard was in character during the wedding reception scene in Nemesis (The man laughed after being stabbed in the heart, pretended to sing for Lwaxanna's love on the bridge and went commando several times during TNG's run and the movies).

1) I think Neelix can be good sometimes too.2) I'm not too hot on the Enterprise-E.
3) Generations has some redeeming qualities.

Hell, I think you're in the majority on that one. Every time the topic comes up, there are always many posts that say how much the design sucks compared to the D and how terrible it was that it went down.

For me:

I think TWOK is a terrible movie whose only redeeming aspects are being tied to better TOS movies and a scene or two not directly tied to the main plot.

I think the TOS Ent is a disgusting toy of a design.

I think the Enterprise-E (Sovereign) is far and away the best canon ship design.

I liked the ending to Sacrifice of Angels.

I think the direction Dukat took after it was perfect and was a great story that continued his antithesis to Sisko.

I loved The Way to Eden and Spock's Brain.
I think Trek V is goofy good fun. (triple-breasted cat woman! Woooooo!)

I don't believe that Vulcans were ever really supposed to have any emotions, mate at any time other than their 7 year Pon Farrishy thing, and were not at all nice. That was the whole point of Mr. Spock! It was his HUMAN side that made him special and sympathetic. We weren't supposed to like the Vulcans--those green-blooded alien bastards!

That one didn't even survive all the way through TOS. But I've
never liked the continuing fluffinization of Vulcans. Mean, heartless, emotionless, merciless computing machines is what they were supposed to be! demmit.

(I's glad they went and blew up the planet, before it got any more simperingly NICE! blech.)

OH. And I loved Enterprise's take on Vulcans and thought that it was as close to the original concept as we'd seen in decades!

I also think that Adm. Daugherty was right in Insurrection. The Baku seemed pretty selfish and petty to me.

I liked Robin Curtis more than Kirstey Alley.

I like "These Are The Voyages..."

I thought introducing a new Dax for Season 7 was unnecessary and unsuccessful.

I wouldn't wanna watch TMP ever again....even if someone paid me.*

Not one single main character who lasts throughout TOS or TNG gets on my nerves (I don't count Wesley, Pulaski, or Tasha as "lasting main characters"). I genuinely like all of them.

*Amazingly, that doesn't mean I think TMP is actually the worst movie -- TFF? INS? NEM? Each makes a strong cases in their own right --but TMP is just the movie that I would least want to have to sit through all over again.

1. I hate Worf, and TNG Klingons in general. Worf's sole purpose was to get beat up to show how tough the alien-of-the-week was. The TNG Klingons had a one-word vocabulary: "honor". They were thrown into that mindless rut and never emerged for the entire rest of the franchise with the brief and refreshing exception of the Augmented ones in ENT. This is the reason I hate Worf in DS9. He switched from impotent growler to honor-lecturing bore. Klingons are supposed to be mustache-twirling villains, dammit!

2. I think the Temporal Cold War would have been a really cool idea if they had actually gone ahead and done it instead of just half-heartedly referring to it a few times and then forgetting about it completely.